why can't summer be the longest season?

So here we are the last week of July!! JULY!! For those that don't live in Wyoming it means that summer is almost over. We don't have indian summers! We have summer, winter, and a few weeks of inbetweens. Winter is like 9 months out of the year. I just want to cry. I am still tramatized by last years winter which was the worst we have had since we moved here. There is still snow in the mountains. Some people can't get to thier million dollar cabins cause of the snow. Now that is truely sad don't you think?.
TOG is still getting married. I have planned a shower for her and am very excited. I think that I actually have some good ideas for it. I am not the most creative person, so I stole them from the internet. It is Aug 16th I will have to have someone take pix so that I can post them.
Horray for Arial the mermaid queen for running a race in SLC. That is awesome!
Sadie we are all praying for you here and hope that you get well. You will make it. Just do what the doctor says. You are a strong and wonderful girl and very brave to give yourself your own shots. YOu amaze me.
To end on a good note. The crew is whole again! Yeah everyone has returned back home and things are back to normal. Mario Girl had tons of fun in Utah. ONe-eyed Jack had a blast at camp. He burned his nose and got a blister so he is now on his way to skin cancer. He got three badges; wood carving, swimming, canoeing. Those are great skills for a young pirate monkey to know.

WOOD WOOD WOOD!!!

This is a short post about wood. The forest people have been busy cutting down dead trees, thanks to the notorious pine beetle. Since there is a very large abundance of dead trees they have decided to give it away free. We took this opportunity and ran with it. We went and got our free permits and have been hauling wood all week. The kids are gone to camp and Utah so we have used it to our advantage. Instead of sitting around sulking that our kids are gone. They are our main source of entertainment.
Now we are very sore all over our bodies. But we have tons of wood!!! We have more wood then we have room to store it. So we have a year supply of wood storage. Plus enough to burn this winter.
Yeah wood!!
Now it is time for my kids to come home. I miss them!!!!!

Animals By: MarioGirl

Here is the slideshow that MarioGirl made. She took the pictures too. She is very excited to show it to everyone.

Y Here?

The longer we live here in Wyoming the more I wonder; why? Why do we live here? What is there in Wyoming. So, since we are not going to be moving for several more years I have decided I need to come up with a list of reasons why Wyoming is a good place to live or be. Now that it is summer the list will be easy, but if I wait until winter to start the list then I won't do it. I am starting a list on the side bar so that I can add things as I think of them.
The slideshow I promised to post is slow in coming. Sorry I just am not getting it on the element page like I want. Plus I have to help Zoe with her's first. I may end up just putting it as a post.
With my sister getting married the Cap'n and I have once again thought about our wedding(elopement). We have heard over the years the concern that we may not actually be married. I went to the Carson county web-site and looked to see if we were listed in the marriage records. This is what I found:

Search Name	Spouse Name	Marriage Date	Certificate Number	Instrument Number
Cap'n Mo	Grilababe	01/03/1995	C594966	199501040091603

Those that have been in doubt, doubt no more! To bad though we kind of thought it was fun to pretend that we could be living in sin. I guess legal marriage is good too. It really did have our names on it. I changed them 'cuz Cap'n doesn't like having our real names on the blog. He is slightly paranoid.

Pirate Hair

I am so bored with my hair! So I went to a beautician to have it changed into something not so drab and not so long. I tried to dye it orange and purple, but apparently people here aren't in the habit of choosing odd hair color. I did still dyed it, but it is not exactly what I wanted, but it is still ok. I also chopped off a huge chunck of hair. It is nice and cool now. And it feels thicker now that it is short. I chose not to show my face cuz I look old and saggy. Dang getting old!!! Maybe I should try skin abrasion or what ever it is... LOL JK! I am not that vain; yet.


Our guard ship dog has worn the pads on her front paws and can't walk:(. We are so sad for her. We had to buy her shoes so she can go play.
I have included pix from our spring Denver trip from a couple of years ago, cuz they are cute and they are new pix to all you. and sometimes it is fun to reminisce about the past. We have got to do it again with more people. It was a blast. Next time we will go to the Mint.

Sparklers & Treasure!

Okay I am convinced! I will save the money and use it to put gas in my car. thanks for all the advice. Jenni(Arial) I will be expecting your help now that you have offered!

Now for the reason that you all read my blog . Kid pix of course!! Apparently ALL fireworks are prohibited in our county. It's just like prohibition times. Everyone does them anyway. Even sparklers are banned. Crazy if you ask me. We went to the backyard and did our illegal lighting of our sparklers. Although, I didn't learn that they are illegal until the next day. Here are the pix. The kids were so excited they refused to hold still so all the pix are blurry, but you still get the idea.



I have to brag about Cap'n Mo he is becoming quite the treasure hunter. He recently found a ring in a parking lot. It is a garnet(January birthstone) with 2 tiny diamonds on opposing sides. I took it in and had it cleaned and looked at by a jeweler. It is worth $200 - $300. WOW! What a find. He now looks on the ground all the time, 'cuz you never know what you will find down there. Sorry the pic is blurry but I just couldn't get focused.

GOOD NEWS!!

I am so excited to be able to announce that MY sister is getting Married! You heard me right she is getting married. I am actually speechless. All I can say is YEAHHHH!! and maybe argg.
Here is a picture of her and her fiance.

His last name is Gregory. So my sister will be T.E.G. She was hoping to someday be a T.E.N, but love doesn't always follow the path you hope for. Since I have named her "That One" for blog purposes, and cuz that's what Mario Girl called her when she came home from her mission. She will soon be called That One Gregory or T.O.G. At least on my blog she will be called Tog.
So since I eloped (which I still think was way easier then planning a wedding) I am excited to help her plan hers. She thinks that I am going to be planning the whole thing, but really I find it too overwhelming, hence the reason I eloped. I will be needing to plan a bridal shower so I could really use some ideas from those of you that chose the non eloping route to marriage, or those who have had to plan bridal things before.
Maybe I should plan her wedding. It could be circus themed. We have cotton candy and a tight rope already. How hard would it be really to get an elephant or two and a lion tamer? Circus tents are nice a big, it would hold everyone and then some. The primary colors are always a great choice in wedding colors. Maybe even some monkeys would be fun. We could have poo throwing contests. Or maybe a pirate theme. Pirates and monkeys. They both like cotton candy and walking tight ropes so it could work either theme.
Maybe I will just leave the details up to her.
Now for my dilemma. I really want to have a cool blog layout that is unique to my theme. I am not too sure how to create my own. I have looked and everything I have found is still pretty generic and I can't seem to make it work on my blog page. I did find a lady that makes blog layouts and she can make me a layout unique to my own for only $80. So do I pay her to use her creativity and know-how, or do I keep searching the web for ways to make my own? I really don't know what it takes to make one so I need advise on this. You can vote(top right) or comment or both.
And last but in no way least Mario Girl has been taking pictures of all the animals that we have and of us as well. She is wanting to make a slideshow post of them so be watching for it. It will astound and amaze you I am sure. She is also making me scrapbook with her this summer as well. Where did she come from?
Well now that I am feeling better I have no real excuse('cept pure laziness) for having a messy house so I better go clean it. Yeah T.O.G!!